Part A

Based on "A Harrowing Escape," what inference can be made about why Cornelia hates her daily meetings?


The meetings are boring and make her feel inconsequential.

She hates to entertain royal guests at the meetings.

She hates getting dressed up for the meetings.

The meetings are too hectic and overwhelming for her.
Question 2
Part B

Which two details from the passage best support the inference in Part A?


"A mechanical doll could have done what she did."

"She was decoration, giving people a bit of the royal glamor without ever doing any real work."

"It had begun just as all her other days began: bells at dawn, maids running in and out to hurry her into her clothes, and the Assistant Chamberlain barking a schedule…"

"She wouldn't get to do so, of course, but she could hope. She always hoped."